Hills v. Kernion

The plaintiffs seek to recover the sum of §4756 40, which they allege, has been illegally claimed and received from them by the defendants, who were inspectors of tobacco, over and above the fees fixed by law, during the period mentioned in the account annexed to their petition, beginning on the 4th of April, 1840, and ending 13th of May, 1842. They state that, being in the habit of receiving large quantities of tobacco, the same was inspected by the defendants; that the fees fixed by law for the inspection, sampling, &c., are sixty cents per hogshead, but that the inspectors have illegally…